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RISE e-Learning Communities

RISE e-Learning Communities

Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence

The Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) peer-learning communities are time-limited, results-oriented workgroups of AoD grantees on a specific topic related to strengthen grantees’ efforts to improve CIE and economic advancement of people with disabilities. Check out the latest RISE peer-learning communities offered, eligible AoD grantees, goals and timelines.

Check back soon for updates on DETAC’s next RISE e-Learning Community opportunities for AoD Grantees.

Past RISE e-Learning Communities

2025

Using Data to Set Employment Goals/Objectives and Measure Outcomes

 

Description: The purpose of this community was to offer State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (DD Councils) an opportunity to brainstorm, develop, and solidify employment goals or objectives for the development of their next round of state plans. During the sessions, Councils revisited key concepts underlying CIE, learned about disability employment data sources that may help them justify the need for these goals and objectives, reflected on past strategies and lessons learned for advancing employment goals in their states/territories, heard from DD Councils who have made progress on employment, and connected with other Councils to share ideas and troubleshoot challenges. Over the course of the community, participants developed draft employment goals or objectives for potential consideration by their DD Councils for inclusion in their state plans and identified actionable strategies for advancing CIE for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

 

Availability: Open to DD Councils

Maximizing Resourcefulness – Extended Supported Employment Solutions (mini-RISE)

 

Description: This mini-RISE highlighted potential solutions and strategies to fulfill long-term, extended service needs for people with brain injury and I/DD following the provision of supported employment, including:

  • Details on benefits of supported employment through Home and Community-Based Services waivers for people with brain injury or I/DD;
  • Options in the absence of waiver-funded supported employment;
  • New ways of thinking about Social Security Administration – Employment Networks and benefits planners;
  • State-funded models for long-term, extended services

Availability: Open to TBI Grantees and P&As

The Past, Present, and Future of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) Facilitating Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS)

 

Description: Given the high-demand for and high degree of participant satisfaction with the 2024 Cohorts 1 and 2 of DETAC’s The Past, Present, and Future of CILs Facilitating Pre-ETS RISE community with Able South Carolina, DETAC offered another cohort of this community in 2025, after confirming with national CIL associations that Pre-ETS continued to be a hot topic for CILs and an area of need.

 

Availability: Open to CILs

2024

Strategies to Phase-Out 14(c)

 

Description: During October 2023 through January 2024, the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN) facilitated the Strategies to Phase-Out 14(c) Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) peer e-learning community for the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC). Community participants included five Centers for Independent Living (CILs), 14 State Councils on Developmental Disabilities (DD Councils), five State Protection & Advocacy Entities (P&As), six University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDDs), and one Project of National Significance, Community Collaborations for Employment (PNS CCE) grantee. The goal of this group was to share actionable strategies and facilitate peer-to-peer discussion on ending segregated employment and subminimum wage for people with disabilities under section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) prioritizes competitive integrated employment in which people with disabilities are paid comparable wages to their co-workers without disabilities in an integrated work setting. Through presentations from subject matter experts and facilitated discussions, participants developed strategies they could apply in their communities to advocate for systems change.

 

Availability: Open to all grantees

 

Beyond Limits: Personal Journeys Toward Employment Success

 

Description: From January through June 2024, the Washington Initiative for Supported Employment (Wise) facilitated the Beyond Limits: Personal Journeys Towards Employment Success Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) peer e-learning community for the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC). This series offered a platform for self-advocates to share their employment journeys, providing valuable insights to AoD grantees around unique challenges they faced, lessons they learned, and accomplishments they achieved while navigating systemic barriers. To broaden the reach of this community, we’re excited to share this one-pager with a summary of the community, links to all session recordings, examples of actions you can take to advance employment and self-advocacy.

 

Availability: Open to all grantees

 

Peer Support for Centers for Independent Living (CILs) Building Employment Services

 

Description: From February through August 2024, Dr. Lidia Fonseca from the Association of Programs for Rural Independent Living (APRIL), Valley Association for Independent Living (VAIL), and the Texas Association of Centers for Independent Living (TEXCIL), facilitated the Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) e-Learning community, Peer Support for CILs Building Employment Services. To broaden the reach of this community, we’re excited to share this one-pager with a summary of the community, links to all session recordings, examples of actions participants are taking to build employment services at their CILs, and related resources.

 

Availability: Open to CILs

 

The Past, Present and Future of CILs Facilitating Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) (Cohorts 1 & 2)

 

Description: From May through August 2024, Able South Carolina (Able SC) facilitated two cohorts of the Past, Present, and Future of Centers for Independent Living (CILs) Facilitating Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS) Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) peer e-learning community, for the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC). The purpose of the community was to provide CILs supporting the employment outcomes of youth with disabilities with an overview of Pre-ETS, lessons learned from other CILs, and considerations for student engagement in Pre-ETS planning and implementation. Centers for Independent Living play a pivotal role in assisting individuals with disabilities in every aspect of community living including providing support obtaining employment opportunities. To broaden the reach of this community, we’re excited to share this one-pager with a summary of the community, links to all session recordings, and examples of actions you can take to facilitate Pre-ETS.

 

Availability: Open to CILs

 

Bring Your Device: Tech Training

 

Description: Between January to May 2024, Jennifer White and Andrew McQuaide of Able Opportunities Inc. facilitated the Bring Your Device: Tech Training Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) peer e-learning community for the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC). To broaden the reach of this community, we’re excited to share this one-pager with a summary of the community, links to all session recordings, examples of actions participants are taking to integrate assistive technology, and related resources.

 

Availability: Open to all grantees

 

Show Me the Money! Accessing Medicaid Administrative Claiming for Brain Injury Services and Supports

 

Description: From June to August 2024, the Administration on Disabilities (AoD) Disability Employment Technical Assistance Center (DETAC) partnered with the National Association of State Head Injury Administrators (NASHIA) to offer the Show Me the Money! Accessing Medicaid Administrative Claiming (MAC) for Brain Injury Services and Supports Results and Innovation in Systems Excellence (RISE) e-learning community. This community centered on breaking down the components of MAC to help states develop the groundwork necessary to implement administrative claiming or expand existing claiming. With presentations by guest speakers from the Administration for Community Living (ACL), Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska, and HCBS Strategies, Inc., facilitators provided guidance on establishing connections and initiating communications for the exploration of MAC funds over the course of this four-session, action-oriented series for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) State Partnership Program grantees.

 

Availability: Open to TBI Grantees

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